Bullpen and Clutch Hitting Lift Brooklyn Cyclones To Series Split at Coney Island

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Hudson Valley @ BROOKLYN; 3-3

I - HVR 5; BRK 0

II - HVR 3; BRK 2

III - HVR 5; BRK 3

IV - BRK 9; HVR 6

V - BRK 5; HVR 4

VI - BRK 5; HVR 4

Coney Island Nine Takes Third Straight From Hudson Valley Foes To Salvage Series Split

Playing in misty conditions at cloud-covered Coney Island, the Surf Avenue Sluggers stage a marvelous comeback supported by another exceptional performance by the Cyclones' bullpen.

BOXSCORE

Facing Brooklyn starter Luc Rennie in the third, the Renegades jump out to a 2-0 lead on designated hitter Everson Pereira's two-run home run.  In the bottom of the frame, Zach Ashford singles and would soon score on a wild pitch.

After surrendering back-to-back doubles to open the sixth, Luc Rennie is relieved by Bryce Montes de Oca, who ends Hudson Valley's threat.  However, an error by Brooklyn third baseman Jose Peroza in the seventh leads to an unearned run and a 4-2 Renegade lead.

After the seventh-inning stretch, center fielder Tanner Murphy strokes a leadoff double and scored on Jose Mena's base hit to right field, making it a 2-4 deficit.

First baseman Jeremy Vasquez pulls the Cyclones within one in the eighth with his sixth home run this season.  

Center fielder Antoine Duplantis leads off the home ninth with a single, advances to second, steals third, and scores on Ronny Mauricio's triple to center field tying the game at four.  Then with one out and Mauricio poised at third, designated hitter Francisco Alvarez's sacrifice fly to center field wins the game, as they say, in walk-off fashion.   

Hudson Valley reliever Derek Craft takes the loss.

The lone run against Bryce Montes de Oca was unearned; otherwise, the trio of Bryce, Brian Metoyer, and Colby Morris allow no earned runs on just one hit and one walk with six strikeouts over the final four innings pitched ... just brilliant, allowing the Dem Boardwalk Bums to hit their way back into the game.  Colby Morris earns a well-deserved win on behalf of the bullpen. 

After losing the first three games to Hudson Valley, Brooklyn regroups to seize the last three and salvage a series split.  Although, Hudson Valley still owns a commanding 16-8 advantage in the season series over Brooklyn.

SEASON SERIES:

1. BRK 3; HVR 3
2. HVR 5; BRK 1
3. HVR 5; BRK 1
4. BRK 3; HVR 3

Brooklyn Cyclones Take Second Straight From Renegades; Can Square Series In Sunday's Finale

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Hudson Valley leads Brooklyn; 3-2

I - HVR 5; BRK 0

II - HVR 3; BRK 2

III - HVR 5; BRK 3

IV - BRK 9; HVR 6

V - BRK 5; HVR 4

A Very Entertaining Game Unfolds At Old Steeplechase Grounds ... 

Southpaw Edgar Barclay starts for Hudson Valley and is opposed by bad luck personified Alec Kisena for Brooklyn.

Coney Island opens the scoring in the second inning, first on Francisco Alvarez's leadoff home run, then on Zach Ashford's base hit, scoring Jeremy Vasquez from third.  But the Renegades get one back in the third and then tie the game in the fifth at two.

Edgar Barclay exits after four innings, surrendering two runs on three hits and two walks with four strikeouts.  His mound opponent Alec Kisena lasts five, surrendering two runs on six hits and no walks with eight strikeouts.

Pitching the sixth in relief of Kisena, Josh Hejka allows a run on three hits.  Facing reliever Nick Ernst in the home half of the sixth, Francisco Alvarez lashed a one-out triple and scored on Jeremy Vasquez's hit, tying the game at three.  With Hejka still pitching in the seventh, a hit by pitch, a passed ball (Francisco Alvarez), and a base hit lead to a Renegade run.  But Brooklyn again answers with Zach Ashford's double and a run-scoring single off the bat of Antoine Duplantis, knotting the game at four.

Right-hander Evi Ruibal hurls a scoreless top half of the eighth inning.  After which, Jeremy Vasquez launches the game's decisive blow over the right field wall for a 5-4 lead and the final margin of victory.

Joe Cavallaro tosses a scoreless ninth for the save, while Evi Ruibal wins in relief of Kisena and Hejka.

Brooklyn pitchers issue no walks and join together for twelve strikeouts. BOXSCORE

Brooklyn Cyclones Split Twin Bill at Jersey Shore

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CONEY ISLAND vs. JERSEY SHORE; 2-2

I - BK 14; JS 5

II - JS 3; BK 1

III - BK 4; JS 0

IV - JS 3; BK 0

Back on the field after Thursday's rainout, the Cyclones and Blue Claws on Friday evening played two at Jersey Shore.

GAME ONE - Making his tenth start for Brooklyn, right-hander Justin Lasko yields five hits (all singles) and three walks with seven strikeouts over 5.2 scoreless innings pitched for the win.  He faces 23 batters while throwing 95 pitches, with 54 (56.8%) going for strikes.  Right-hander Bryce Montes de Oca continues with 1.1 scoreless innings to complete the shutout.  He allows just one hit and strikes out three to earn his fourth save.  Catcher Francisco Alvarez doubles in the fourth and scores on Zach Ashford's base hit.  In the fifth, LT Struble draws a leadoff walk and eventually scores on a ground ball double-play.  Afterwhich,  Ronny Mauricio connects for his 14th home run this season.  LT Struble again leads off the seventh with a walk, steals second, and scores giving the Cyclones a 4-0 final margin of victory, their eighth in their last nine games. 

GAME TWO - Making only his second start for Brooklyn, 22-year old J.T. Ginn toes the slab and is opposed by Ethan Lindow for the Blue Claws.  Right fielder Jhailyn Ortiz opens the scoring when he tags up from third on a sacrifice fly in the second.  Shortstop Jonathan Guzman leads off the third with a double and scores, and catcher Vito Friscia drives home another giving the Blue Claws a 3-1 lead after the third.  Ethan Lindow sets down Brooklyn in order in the fifth while limiting them to just two hits.  J.T. Ginn also negotiates a scoreless fifth, inducing an inning-ending 5-4-3 double-play.  With only six outs left in the contest, the Cyclones manage just two hits in the ninth, which go for naught when Luis Gonzalez bounces into a rally-killing 5-4-3 double-play.  J.T. Ginn takes the loss upon yielding three runs (two earned) on four hits and no walks with five strikeouts.  Ethan Lindow goes the distance, allowing just four hits and no walks with seven strikeouts for the win.

Brooklyn Cyclones Win Fifth in a Row Over Wilmington on Jacob deGrom Bobblehead Night

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BROOKLYN leads WILMINGTON; 5-0

I - BRK 8; WIL 6

II - BRK 5; WIL 3

III - BRK 10; WIL 2

IV - BRK 5; WIL 4

V - BRK 8; WIL 3

Brooklyn Wins a Season-High Fifth Straight Over Blue Rocks

The Cyclones win their fifth straight against the Wilmington Blue Rocks.  With runners on the corners in the second, Francisco Alvarez scores the game's first run on a groundball to second.  In just his second game with Brooklyn, catcher Nic Gaddis then lines a home run to left field, scoring two.

Brooklyn's defense yields a rather amateurish run in the top of the third.  Then with the bases loaded in the bottom of the frame, first baseman Jeremy Vasquez clears the bases with a double giving the Cyclones a 6-1 lead.  

Francisco Alvarez is hit with a pitch in the eighth and removed for a pinch-runner.  With one out and two runners on base, Zach Ashford plates both runners with a double.  

Reliever Bryce Montes de Oca allows two runs in the top of the ninth, but the Cyclones nevertheless close out their fifth straight victory over the Blue Rocks.

Starter Alec Kisena yields just one unearned run on two hits and two walks with five strikeouts through 4.2 innings pitched but exits to a no-decision.  Right-hander Mitch Ragan earns the victory in relief, yielding no hits over 3.1 scoreless innings with three strikeouts.

Brooklyn Cyclones Go Down Looking; Jersey Shore Evens Series

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Brooklyn vs. Jersey Shore; 1-1

I - BRK 1; JS 0

II - JS 3; BRK 2

Cyclones Blink First; Bullpen Outlasted by Jersey Shore

With isolated storms rumbling through Brooklyn, right-hander Jose Butto takes his turn on the slab and is opposed by Adam Leverett for Jersey Shore.  

The Blue Claws open the scoring in the second inning when second baseman Jonathan Guzman takes Jose Butto deep over the left-field wall. 

Leverett makes an early exit after having surrendered one hit with four strikeouts over two scoreless innings pitched.  Jersey southpaw Jhordany Mezquita enters the game in the third.

With two outs and a base runner at first in the fourth, lightning strikes at Coney Island necessitated a game delay.  At roughly 8:18 pm, play resumes, and Jose Butto closes out the top half of the frame.  In the bottom half, Mezquita completes his second scoreless inning in relief of Leverett. 

Jersey Shore manufactures a run in the top of the fifth for a 2-0 lead.  Meanwhile, Brooklyn remains mired with just one hit courtesy of Ronny Mauricio back in the first inning.

With two outs in the top of the sixth, reliever Hunter Parsons enters the fray.  Jose Butto exits on the losing side after yielding an otherwise effective two earned runs on three hits and one walk with four strikeouts.  But that's where his mates step in, scoring two runs in the bottom of the sixth to get Butto off the hook.  Blue Claws' Carlos Francisco is tasked with pitching the seventh.  With one out and one on in the eighth, Andrew Edwards enters the game to relieve Hunter Parsons.  Jersey Shore calls on Carlo Reyes to twirl the bottom of the eighth.  With two outs and a runner in scoring position, left field substitution Joe Suozzi strikes out, and into the ninth inning tied at two, they go.

• BOXSCORE

Each team musters just three hits apiece through the first eight innings.

In the top of the ninth, Andrew Edwards issues the dreaded leadoff base on balls.  With one out, manager Blankmeyer is prompted to bring in Mitch Ragan in relief of Edwards.  The move backfires.  With two outs, left fielder Keaton Greenwalt doubles home the go-ahead run.

Jersey Shore's Carlo Reyes climbs the hill for his second inning of relief.  Third baseman Cody Bohanek greets him with a leadoff single.  Unfortunately, Zach Ashford grounds into fan-crushing a 3-6-3 double-play.  Afterwhich, Joe Genord looks at strike three to end the game.

Andrew Edwards takes the loss; Carlos Reyes, the win.

Early Deficit Too Much For Brooklyn Cyclones To Overcome

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Hudson Valley leads Brooklyn; 3-0

I - HVR 9; BRK 7

II - HVR 3; BRK 2

III - HVR 6; BRK 4 

Winless Streak Reaches Five

Brooklyn rallies for two runs in the ninth, but it goes for naught.  

The Cyclones lose this game early.  

Starter Cam Opps promptly yields a two-out home run in the first.  Then, just when the Cyclones thought they had this game tied in the top half of the third, Cam Opp allows two runs on three doubles in the bottom half of the frame, and off to the showers, he goes.  

After Zach Ashford doubles home Brett Baty in the fourth to get the Cyclones back within one, Hudson Valley plates three more runs in the home fourth to put the game out of reach.  

Cam Opp allows three earned runs on six hits and one walk with three strikeouts in a mere 2.1 innings pitched for the loss.  Right-hander Colby Morris fares no better, surrendering three runs on three hits and one walk in 2.2 innings pitched.  However, Hunter Parsons and Michel Otanez close out the game with three scoreless innings.  

Otherwise, Brooklyn's two-run ninth is an afterthought.

Brett Baty goes 2 for 4 with a double and a run scored, designated hitter Jeremy Vasquez also goes 2 for 4 with a home run and two runs batted in, and Cody Bohanek drives in a run.  Again, the Cyclones strikeout in double-digits and draw just two walks while batting 1 for 10 with runners in scoring position.

Coney Island loses their third straight to the Renegades and extends their winless streak to five.

Brooklyn Cyclones Fall In Tenth Inning At Hudson Valley

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Hudson Valley leads Brooklyn; 2-0

I - HVR 9; BRK 7

II - HVR 3; BRK 2

The Old Extra Inning Second Base Phantom Menace Runner Routine ...

You know what they say; it's not how you start but how you finish.

After going 0 for 5 in yesterday's return to the lineup, Ronny Mauricio opens the scoring in the first with his ninth home run this season.  Cyclone starter Jose Butto allows two runs on five hits, including a home run, and no walks with six strikeouts through five innings pitched.  However, Brooklyn takes him off the hook when Anthony Duplantis' sacrifice fly in the bottom of the fifth scores Zach Ashford tying the game at two.  

Renegades starter Reid Anderson likewise allows two earned runs on three hits and two walks before departing after six.

The score remains unchanged through the ninth.  Andrew Edwards tosses two scoreless innings in relief of Butto, and Josh Hejka throws a scoreless ninth, and into extra innings, they go at Hudson Valley.

In the top half of the tenth, Brooklyn goes down in order, stranding the go-ahead runner at third.

With the phantom runner on second, Hejka yields a base hit, putting runners on the corners, then intentionally walks the next batter loading the bases.  Renegade catcher Saul Torres follows with a fly ball to center deep enough to score the runner from third.

Game over.

Brooklyn loses their second straight to Hudson Valley and now trails the season series by a 4-10 margin.

Brooklyn Cyclones' Bullpen Cleans Up Own Mess To Secure Victory at Aberdeen

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Aberdeen Ironbirds lead Brooklyn Cyclones; 3-2

I - ABD 7; BKN 3

II - ABD 2; BKN 1

III - BKN 7; ABD 6

IV - ABD 2; BKN 0*

V - BKN 6; ABD 5

*game called bottom 6th

BULLPEN BENDS BUT DOES NOT BREAK

Leading off, Antoine Duplantis opens the game with a single, and with one out Brett Baty likewise singles.  With two outs, the Cyclones execute a rare double steal.  Second baseman Luke Ritter then drives home both Duplantis and Baty.  Afterwhich, Zach Ashford drives home Ritter for a prompt 3-0 lead.

Duplantis doubles home first baseman Jeremy Vasquez (double) for a 4-0 Brooklyn lead 

the second.  But Aberdeen strikes back against starter Connor Grey for three runs in the bottom half of the frame; Connor Grey's throwing error didn't help matters.  With Aberdeen now trailing by one, the score remains unchanged through the fourth.  Connor exits a 4-3 contest on the winning side, allowing three runs (two earned) on four hits and three walks with six strikeouts.  

Brooklyn plates insurance in the fifth on Luke Ritter's double into center field scoring Francisco Alvarez, and Brett Baty singles and scores on a wild pitch in the seventh for a 6-3 advantage.

Right-hander Colby Morris pitches two scoreless innings with two strikeouts in relief of Grey.  

Hunter Parsons enters in the seventh in relief of Morris and immediately pitches into trouble.  He walks the leadoff batter, who, two wild pitches later, arrives at third base.  Parsons then hits the next batter putting runners on the corners, and another walk loads the bases.  Parsons then unleashes his third wild pitch permitting a run.  Afterwhich, right fielder Zach Watson's sacrifice fly to center makes it a one-run game.  Head Cyclone in Charge Ed Blankmeyer finally removes Parsons in favor of Andrew Edwards, who strikes out the third baseman Gunnar Henderson to end the Ironbirds' threat.  

Edwards returns to hurl a scoreless eighth, followed by Bryce Montes de Oca, who closes out the ninth for his second save.  Connor Grey escapes with a no-decision, and Colby Morris earns a well-deserved win.

Antoine Duplantis finishes 3 for 5 with a double and a run batted in, and Luke Ritter is 2 for 5 with a double and three runs batted in, giving him 31 for this season. 

• BOXSCORE

Home of the Ironbirds

Brooklyn Cyclones Split Twin Bill With Hudson Valley Renegades at Coney Island

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Hudson Valley Renegades

vs.

Brooklyn Cyclones

FROM
Old Steeplechase Grounds

The rivalry with the Baby Bombers is back on.  These teams have now met eight times with each winning four.

BOX: GAME ONE - After trading early runs, Hudson Valley scores twice in the sixth, but the Cyclones can only muster one.  Renegades starter Jhony Brito allows Brooklyn one run in the second and otherwise yields three hits and no walks with five strikeouts through four innings pitched, but earns a no-decision.  Tanner Myatt earns the win in relief of Brito.  Brooklyn starter Justin Lasko surrenders all three Renegades' runs on four hits (two home runs) and a walk with eight strikeouts through 5.2 innings in a losing effort.  Designated hitter Cody Bohanek homered for Brooklyn in the sixth.  Second baseman Luke Ritter was the only Cyclones with multiple hits.  As such, they were 1 for 7 with runners in scoring position.  However, Brooklyn kept their strikeouts under double-digits for one of only a handful of times this season.

BOX: GAME TWO - Coney Island regroups after their game one loss and rebounds from a 3-1 deficit in game two en route to a 5-3 victory and split of Wednesday's doubleheader.  The Renegades jump out to a 3-0 lead in the second, highlighted by a Kyle MacDonald home run.  Coney Island recoups one in the bottom of the frame when Zach Ashford singles home Brett Baty.  The Cyclones then strike for three runs in the fourth.  Catcher Juan Uriarte drives home Ashford, and center fielder Gerson Molina connects for a two-run home run.  Brett Baty supplies some insurance in the seventh with his fifth home run this season.  Starter Hunter Parsons allows three runs on two hits (including a home run) and one walk through only three innings pitched.  Relievers Eric Orze and Bryce Montes de Oca respectively allow no hits and no runs in two innings of work.

Brooklyn Cyclones Drop Thursday Twin Bill to Aberdeen Ironbirds

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THE CONEY ISLAND STRIKEOUT 

INSTRUCTIONAL ACADEMY

This is getting pretty ridiculous ...

Through 20 games, Cyclone batters have struck out 232 times for an average of 11.6 K's per game.  The opposition has struck out 192 times for a 9.6 per game average.

Brooklyn batters have thus far achieved double-digit strikeouts 15 times, which is to say only five times have they fanned nine times or less.  Their fewest in any game is six.  In only their fourth game of the season, the Cyclones struck out 17 times against Asheville.  In one game against Greenville, they fanned 15 times, then followed up the next day with 14 strikeouts; that's 29 strikeouts in two games.  Against the Hudson Valley Renegades, they struck out a season-high 18 times, and in two other games, whiffed 15 each time.  The opposition has achieved double-digit strikeouts ten times and struck out upwards of 15 times in a game just once.

Is this what they're teaching these kids?  The answer is likely and analytically, yes.  These games are effectively no different than present-day major league baseball.

Launch this!

DOUBLE-HEADER

Aberdeen Ironbirds

vs.

Brooklyn Cyclones

FROM

Old Steeplechase Grounds

 

Denton True Young disguised as Aberdeen right-hander Grayson Rodriguez limits Coney Island to one run on just two hits and one walk with nine strikeouts through five innings pitched.  Reliever Kade Strowd yields one run on four hits with two strikeouts.  Brett Baty and designated hitter Francisco Alvarez drive home Brooklyn's only two runs.  In a losing effort, starter Jaison Vilera surrenders five runs, four earned, on six hits, including a home run by DH Johnny Riser, with three walks and five strikeouts.  Brett Baty drives home his 17th run in 19 games.

• BOXSCORE: Game One
• FINAL:  ABD 6; BKN 2

Designated hitter Blake Tiberi breaks up the no-hitter in the third, and Zach Ashford (up from St. Lucie) doubles home Brett Baty to ruin the shutout in the fourth inning.  Four hits and nine strikeouts, that's the extent of your highlights; get home safely.

• BOXSCORE: Game Two
• FINAL: ABD 10; BKN 1

Brooklyn Cyclones Lose Series Opener Against Aberdeen Ironbirds

From the desk: THE CONEY ISLAND NINE

TUESDAY
Ironbirds 8

CYCLONES  1

FINAL

Feel the Breeeeze!

• BOXSCORE: GAME #18

Don't ask me how the Cyclones are not leading the High-A Division in strikeouts.  It sure as hell seems that way.  But they're close, just nine away from the Ashville Tourists.  The good news at least they're fourth in team OPS and just happened to be tied with the Aberdeen Ironbirds for fourth-most runs after Tuesday's action.

So much for that ...

Opening their fourth series of the young season, the Cyclones welcome old foe, the Aberdeen Ironbirds, who inflict all their damage against starter Oscar Rojas and Bryce Montes de Oca.  Rojas allows six runs on eight hits, including a home run by right fielder Zach Watson in just three innings pitched.  Oca surrendered two runs on three hits and two walks in two innings.  

Brooklyn, this game struck out another twelve times.  They're averaging 11.7 strikeouts through 18 games.  Right fielder Zach Ashford fanned the breeze with a team-leading three whiffs.  

Antoine Duplantis drives in the lone Cyclones run in the fifth scored by second baseman Anthony Walters.

Brooklyn Cyclones Walk Off In Twelve Inning Coney Island Thriller

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Hudson Valley and Brooklyn Tie; 3-3

I - HVR 4; BKN 3

II - BKN 14; HVR 0

III - HVR 6; BKN 1

IV - BKN 4; HVR 1

V - HVR 5; BKN 3

VI - BKN 6; HVR 5*

*12 inn

Hayden Senger Hits Game-Winning Three Run Home Run in Twelfth Inning

Sunday's game was about as wild and wacky as any attraction ever featured at Coney Island.

Hudson Valley nursed a precarious 1-0 through the first five innings.  Renegades starter Hayden Wesneski allowed just three hits and one walk with seven strikeouts through five innings pitched.  Cyclones starter Jose Butto equals his opponent innings pitched but exits on the losing side, allowing one run on five hits and no walks with five strikeouts.  

Right fielder Zach Ashford connects on a two-run home run off Nick Ernst, pitching in relief of Wesneski.  However, Allen Winans pitching in relief of Butto unleashes a wild pitch permitting the tying run to score from third base.  The score remains unchanged through the ninth.

After a scoreless tenth inning, Hudson Valley sub-in catcher Saul Torres promptly drives home the go-ahead run against reliever Josh Hejka, albeit unearned.  In the home eleventh, Antoine Duplantis is the ghost runner at second; he advances to third on Zach Ashford's grounder to second, then scores the tying run on Ronny Mauricio's base hit into left. 

Into the twelfth inning, they go ...

With one out, Renegades left fielder Eduardo Torrealba reaches safely on second baseman LT Strubel's misplay; ghost runner Frederick Cuevas scores on the play.  Then with two outs, Ezequiel Duran triples, giving Hudson Valley a 5-3 lead.

Brett Baty opens the bottom half of the twelfth as the ghost runner on second.  Facing Hudson Valley reliever Zach Greene, Luke Ritter strikeouts, but Strubel walks, putting two runners on base.  Catcher  Hayden Senger then steps in and deposits a Zach Greene offering over the left-field wall.  The Cyclones win in dramatic comeback fashion and salvage a split of the six-game series ...

... and the crowd goes crazy!  

Fuhgeddaboudit!

Don't worry, 15 strikeouts didn't escape me.  I know they went into extra innings, but they were already into double-digits in the ninth.

Brooklyn Cyclones: Staten Island Rats Run Amok at Coney Island

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BATTLE OF THE BOROUGHS II

Cyclones lead season series 2-1

I - BRK 5; SIY 4

II - BRK 2; SIY 1

III - SIY 10; BRK 3

IV - BRK @ SIY

V - SIY @ BRK

FRIDAY

Staten Island Yankees  10

Brooklyn Cyclones        3

FINAL

After being swept by Brooklyn during last week's home and home opening day series, Staten Island romps to their first victory over the Cyclones at Coney Island on Friday.  Despite striking out seven Yankee batters, Brooklyn starter Jaison Vilera yields five runs (four earned) on seven hits and one walk in just four innings of work.  After getting a scoreless no-hit two inning effort from Daniel Goggin, Staten Island roughs up reliever Brian Metoyer for another five earned runs on three hits (one home run) and two walks in just one inning of work.

All nine batters in Staten Island's line-up record at least one hit.  Designated hitter Juan DeLeon (2 for 5, RBI) and first baseman Miguel Flames (2 for 4; home run; four RBI), post multiple hit games.

Brooklyn goes a woeful 2 for 16 with runners in scoring position.  Right fielder Zach Ashford, shortstop Yoel Romero, and third baseman Wilmer Reyes, all drive in one run apiece.

The series shifts to Staten Island for game two on Saturday, then back to Coney Island for the series finale on Sunday.